JPH114946A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently wire various electrical devices to a relay circuit board. SOLUTION: This PACHINKO game machine is designed in such a manner that a relay circuit board 56 is attached to the outside back of the cover 29 of the variable display device, a bonus ball collecting cover 30 is integrated with a box-shaped cover 33 which is projected from an opening window 53 of a mechanism board 39 and covers the cover 29 of the variable display device, an opening to expose the relay circuit board 56 is formed at the box-shaped cover 33, and a lid member 35 is detachably or openably provided at the opening.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine provided with a relay circuit board for relaying wiring drawn from various electric operating devices provided on a game board, and more particularly to a wiring process thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a display lamp and a lock decoration lamp which are turned on or flashing when a gaming state becomes a predetermined specific gaming state (big hit) are provided on a front frame of a pachinko gaming machine. Further, the game board is provided with a circular guide rail, and a plurality of general winning openings, a starting winning opening, a variable display device, a large variable winning device and the like are arranged in a game area surrounded by the guide rail. ing. Then, when the game ball hit into the game area wins the starting winning opening and is detected by the winning ball detector, the numbers and symbols of the variable display device fluctuate and stop after a certain time, and the display at the time of the stop is displayed. When a predetermined combination is made, a big hit is won and a variable prize device is opened for a predetermined time or until a predetermined number of game balls are won for a predetermined cycle, and a game content in which a large number of prize balls can be acquired in a short time. Is the mainstream. Further, the game board is provided with a rail decoration lamp along the guide rail, and further provided with a payout display lamp, a ball out display lamp, and the like at an upper portion.

On the other hand, on the back of the game board, there is provided a prize ball collecting cover for flowing down a prize ball which has won a prize port or a start prize port provided on the surface of the game board,
A relay circuit board is provided for relaying wiring drawn from electrical operating devices such as the various lamps, the winning ball detector, the variable display device, and the drive source of the variable winning device, and a winning ball set cover and a relay circuit board are further provided. A mechanism plate made of a synthetic resin, which collects back parts such as a ball tank, a prize ball dispensing device, a winning ball processing device, and the like, is mounted to be openable and closable.

By the way, the above-mentioned relay circuit board is mounted on a rear surface of the game board via a mounting base plate at an upper position avoiding the game area so as not to hinder the flow of the winning ball. Was. As described above, in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, since the mounting position of the relay circuit board is limited, the length of the wiring drawn from various electric operating devices is various, and when the wiring is long, a plurality of It has to be fastened with a holding tool, or has been hindered in the assembly work of the pachinko game machine, which has hindered the speeding up of the work. In addition, there is a problem that a mounting base plate is required and a mounting guide hole is required to be formed, and the mounting work is troublesome.

Further, in a conventional pachinko game machine, in order to protect the relay circuit board or electric components such as a fuse tube attached to the relay circuit board, a part of the relay circuit board is connected to the back of the game board and a winning ball. It was made to cover and cover the gap between the collective cover. For this reason, when installing the relay circuit board on the back of the game board, it is necessary to fit it below the height that does not touch the inner surface of the winning ball collective cover. Difficulty has arisen in the work of attaching and detaching the terminal connector parts and the inspection and replacement of the fuse tube.

[0006] When a problem occurs in the relay circuit board and it becomes necessary to replace the relay circuit board, the mechanism plate is opened to release the connection state of the wiring to the relay circuit board, and the winning ball collecting cover is further attached to the back of the game board. And the replacement work is troublesome and very troublesome.

On the other hand, recently, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, there is an increasing tendency to mount a relay circuit board on the back of a variable display device or a large variable winning device protruding from the back of a game board.

[0008]

When the relay circuit board is mounted on the back of a variable display device or a variable winning device, the relay circuit board projects rearward from an opening window formed in the mechanism plate to be exposed. Therefore, a protective cover has been required to prevent accidents such as disconnection. In a conventional pachinko gaming machine, after the rear of the variable display device or the variable winning device is projected from the opening formed in the winning ball collecting cover, the winning ball collecting cover is separately provided in the opening window portion of the mechanism plate. A protective cover formed on the body was attached.

However, if the protective cover is formed separately from the winning ball collecting cover, a plurality of wirings connected to the relay circuit board are not pinched when the protective cover is attached to the opening window of the mechanism plate. Care had to be taken and the mounting and dismounting work was very troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to effectively perform wiring processing of various electrically operated devices on a relay circuit board and to provide a relay circuit. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko game machine capable of easily replacing and inspecting a board.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a variable display device is provided substantially at the center of a game area surrounded by a guide rail of a game board, and a variable display device is provided on the back of the game board. A cover body for protecting the rear portion of the variable display device, a relay circuit board for relaying wiring drawn from various electric operating devices provided on the game board, and a winning ball winning a winning opening provided on the surface of the game board Ball collecting cover that allows the ball to flow downwards, and an openable and closable mechanism plate in which an opening window is formed on a surface opposite to the back surface of the winning ball collecting cover and back parts such as a ball tank and a prize ball dispensing device are gathered. In the pachinko game machine having the following, the relay circuit board is attached to the outside of the rear surface of the cover of the variable display device, and the winning ball collecting cover projects rearward from the opening window of the mechanism plate, and -A box-shaped cover portion for covering the body is formed integrally, an opening for exposing the relay circuit board is formed in the box-shaped cover portion, and a lid member is detachably or openably and closably provided at the opening portion. It is characterized by the following.

In the pachinko gaming machine configured as described above, the relay circuit board is attached to the outside of the rear surface of the variable display device, so that the wiring drawn out from various electric operating devices provided on the gaming board can be substantially provided on the gaming board. It is possible to orderly concentrate and concentrate on the center position and connect to the relay circuit board.

Further, the relay circuit board can be protected by a simple operation of merely attaching the winning ball collecting cover to the back of the game board, and the cover member of the box-shaped cover provided on the winning ball collecting cover can be removed. Or, just by opening, the replacement and inspection work of the relay circuit board can be easily performed.

[0014]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. In FIG. 1, a pachinko gaming machine 1 has a front frame 3 mounted on the front of a machine frame 2 so as to be freely opened and closed. The front frame 3 is formed in a frame shape with a window hole provided substantially at the center, and a glass door 4 is provided at an upper portion of the window hole, and a front plate 6 having a hit ball supply tray 5 is provided at a lower portion thereof. It is provided in. Further, a lower ball receiving tray 7 for storing surplus balls overflowing from the hit ball supply tray 5 is provided at a lower front portion of the front frame 3.
And an operation handle 8 for launching a hit ball. In addition, a display lamp 9 that is turned on or blinks when the game state is a specific game state (big hit) is provided on the upper front part of the front frame 3 and a lock that is turned on when the glass door 4 is opened on the side. A decorative lamp 10 is provided.

At the rear of the glass door 4 and at the back of the window hole of the front frame 3, a game board 1 is inserted via a game board mounting frame 11.
2 is detachably attached. A circular guide rail 13 is provided on the surface of the game board 12, and an area surrounded by the guide rail 13 is configured as a game area. A variable display device 16 having two variable display portions 14 and 15 disposed above and below substantially in the center of the game area is provided, and passing start ports 17 and 17 are provided on the left and right sides of the variable display device 16. And a variable starting port 1
8 and a variable winning device 19 as a big winning port. Further, a plurality of general winning openings 20 and a windmill 21 for changing the flowing speed and direction of falling game balls and a large number of obstacle nails are provided in the game area. Winning ball detectors 22 and 23 are provided in the passing start port 17 and the variable start port 18, respectively. The variable starting port 18 is provided with a pair of opening / closing pieces 18a opened and closed by a solenoid 24,
The variable winning device 19 has an opening / closing door 19a which is opened / closed by a solenoid 25. Further, along the inside of the guide rail 13, the rail decoration lamp 2
6, a payout display lamp 27 and a ball out display lamp 28 are provided outside the upper part of the game area.

In the pachinko gaming machine configured as described above, the game balls fired in the game area pass through the starting ports 17 and 1.
7, when the winning ball detector 22 is turned on, the upper variable display section 14 of the variable display device 16 starts variable display and stops after a predetermined time. Then, when the display at the time of stop becomes a predetermined symbol (for example, 7), the solenoid 24 of the variable starting port 18 is driven to open the pair of opening / closing pieces 18a, 18a, and closes after a predetermined time elapses or when the game ball wins. When the winning ball that has won the variable starting port 18 turns on the winning ball detector 23, the variable display device 1
The lower variable display section 6 starts variable display. When the display at the time of stoppage of the lower variable display unit 15 is aligned with a predetermined combination (for example, a normal symbol such as “0, 0, 0” or “1, 1, 1”), a big hit is generated and the variable prize device 19 The solenoid 25 is driven, and the opening / closing door 19a is repeatedly operated for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of game balls, so that a large number of prize balls can be obtained in a short time. When the display at the time of stoppage of the lower variable display unit 15 is aligned with a specific combination (for example, a probable variable pattern such as “3, 3, 3”, “7, 7, 7”), the probability of occurrence of the next big hit is high. The game content is such that the player enters a probability fluctuation state as follows and gives a lot of enjoyment to the player.

On the other hand, on the back side of the game board 12, as shown in FIG.
The variable prize device 19, the passage members 18b, 19b, 20b for guiding the prize balls winning the general prize opening 20 downward, and a cover body 29 for protecting the rear portion of the variable display device 16 are provided. Further, the passage members 18b, 19b, A winning ball set cover 30 is provided to cover a central portion of the back surface of the game board 12 including the cover 20b and the cover body 29. This winning ball set cover 3
0 denotes a cylindrical fitting hole 31 formed at each of the four corners of the game board 12.
By being fitted to fitting projections 32 fixed with screws on the back surface of each of them, they can be detachably attached.

As shown in FIG. 3, the cover 30 of the variable display device 16 and the variable prize device 1 are attached to the prize ball collecting cover 30 while being attached to the back of the game board 12 as shown in FIG.
A box-shaped cover portion 33 that covers the rear portion of the horn 9 is integrally formed. Further, as shown in FIGS.
An opening 34 is formed on the rear surface and at a position corresponding to the cover body 29, and the opening 34 is covered by a cover member 35. The lid member 35 is formed by opening the lower edge piece 36 to the opening 34.
Is fitted in a fitting groove 37 formed in a lower side of the opening 34 and an engaging piece 38 formed in an upper edge portion is engaged with an inner side of an upper side of the opening 34 so as to be detachably attached.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a mechanism plate 39 made of synthetic resin is provided on one side of the game board mounting frame 11. As shown in FIG. The mechanism plate 39 is mounted to be freely openable and closable by connecting a movable metal member 41 provided on the mechanism plate 39 to a mounting metal member 40 fixed to the upper and lower portions on one side of the game board mounting frame 11. Further, the mechanism plate 39 has a plate-shaped portion 39a facing the back surface of the game board 12, and a winning ball collecting space 62 in which the winning ball collecting cover 30 is stored is formed on the front surface of the plate-shaped portion 39a. A winning ball collecting section 63 is provided below the winning ball collecting space 62.

On the other hand, a ball tank 42 is provided on the upper portion of the rear surface of the plate portion 39a of the mechanism plate 39. Below the ball tank 42, there is provided a guide rail 43 for guiding the prize balls stored in the ball tank 42 while aligning them on the downstream side. The curve rail 4 is located downstream of the guide rail 43.
A prize ball payout device 45 is detachably provided through the device 4. Below the prize ball dispensing device 45, a discharge passage 4 for guiding the dispensed prize balls to the hit ball supply tray 5 on the front surface of the front frame 3.
6, a surplus ball passage 47 for guiding the surplus balls of the hit ball supply tray 5 to the lower ball receiving tray 7, and a ball ejection passage 48 are formed. Also, an out ball passage 50 communicates with an out ball opening 49 of the game board 12.
Is formed, and the downstream end thereof is communicated with the ball ejection passage 48. The discharge passage 46, the surplus ball passage 47, the ball passage 48, and the out ball passage 50 are integrally formed on the back surface of the mechanism plate 39 in a gutter shape with an open rear surface, and the rear surface opening is covered by a cover plate 51. ing. Further, a prize ball processing device 52 is provided for discharging the prize balls one by one in communication with the exit of the prize ball collecting section 41.

An opening window 53 is opened substantially at the center of the plate-like portion 39a in which the winning ball collecting space 62 is formed. The opening window 53 is opened slightly smaller than the winning ball collecting cover 30, and the box-shaped cover portion 33 of the winning ball collecting cover 30 projects rearward from the opening window 53. A board box 54 containing a game control circuit board for controlling the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine is provided on the back of the winning ball collecting cover 30 corresponding to the opening window 53.
Is detachably mounted.

In the pachinko gaming machine configured as described above, according to the present invention, the relay circuit board 56 is provided on the outside of the rear surface of the cover 29 of the variable display device 16 provided on the back surface of the game board 12 via the spacing holding projection 55. Are attached with screws 64. The relay circuit board 56 relays wiring drawn from various electric operating devices provided on the front frame 3 and the game board 12, and specifically, a display provided on the front frame 3 as shown in FIG. Lamp 9, lock decoration lamp 1
0 and rail decoration lamps 26 provided on the game board 12,
Wirings 9a, 10a, 26a, 27a, 2 drawn out from the payout display lamp 27 and the ball out display lamp 28, respectively.
8a is relay-connected to the relay circuit board 56 from the upper opening of the winning ball collecting cover 30.

Also, a wiring 14 drawn from an upper variable display section 14 of a variable display device 16 provided on the game board 12 is provided.
a and the wiring 22a, 22a, 23a drawn from the winning ball detectors 22, 22, 23 provided in the passing starting ports 17, 17, and the variable starting port 18 are connected to the relay circuit board 56, and further connected to the variable starting port 18, Wirings 24a drawn from the solenoids 24, 25 of the variable winning device 19,
25a is connected to the relay circuit board 56 by relay. The wiring 15a drawn from the lower variable display section 15 and the wiring 56a drawn from the relay circuit board 56 are connected to the connectors 57 and 58 of the game control circuit board housed in the board box 54. The relay circuit board 56 has connection terminals 59 and fuse tubes 60 corresponding to the number of lamps, switches, solenoids and the like provided on the front frame 3 and the game board 12.
And so on, whereby the wiring drawn from various electric operating devices provided on the front frame 3 and the game board 12 and the relay circuit board 56 are all connected by relay.

As described above, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment, the relay circuit board 56 is disposed directly outside the rear surface of the cover 29 of the variable display device 16 disposed substantially at the center of the game area of the game board 12. Since it is designed to be mounted on the back of the game board as in the past, there is no need to drill the mounting base plate and mounting guide holes, which can reduce the cost, and furthermore, the relay Since there is no restriction on the mounting direction of the connection terminal 59 and the fuse tube 60 provided on the circuit board 56, the connection of the wiring and the work of mounting the fuse tube 60 become extremely easy. In addition, since the respective wires drawn from the various electric operation devices can be neatly gathered so as to be concentrated at a substantially central position of the game board 12 and can be relay-connected to the relay circuit board 56, the length of the wires is also reduced. It is almost equalized and also looks very convenient.

Further, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment, since the box-shaped cover portion 33 for covering the cover body 29 of the variable display device 19 is formed integrally with the winning ball collecting cover 30, a prize is won. The relay circuit board 56 can be protected only by attaching the ball collecting cover 30 to the back surface of the game board 12, and an opening 34 is formed on the rear surface of the box-shaped cover portion 33, and the opening 34 is detachably attached to the cover member. 35, the relay circuit board 56
Is damaged and needs to be replaced, or when the connection state of the wiring and the inspection of the fuse tube 60 and the like are required, as shown in FIG. By simply removing the lid member 35, the entire relay circuit board 56 can be exposed at the opening 34, and the inspection and replacement can be performed extremely easily.

[0026]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention, the relay circuit is provided on the outside of the rear surface of the cover of the variable display device provided substantially at the center of the back surface of the game board. Since the board is directly mounted, it is not necessary to drill a mounting base plate or a mounting guide hole for mounting the relay circuit board as in the related art, which can contribute to cost reduction. .

Further, since the respective wirings drawn from various electric operating devices provided on the front frame and the game board can be systematically gathered so as to be concentrated at a substantially central position of the game board and connected and relayed, the game board can be connected. The back surface can be made clear and look good.

Further, since the box-shaped cover portion for protecting the relay circuit board is formed integrally with the winning ball collecting cover, the relay circuit board can be protected only by attaching the winning ball collecting cover to the back of the game board. This eliminates the need to separately install a winning ball collecting cover and a protective cover for protecting the relay circuit board as in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, thereby improving work efficiency.

Further, when checking or replacing the relay circuit board or the fuse tube provided on the relay circuit board, it is only necessary to remove the cover member of the box-shaped cover while keeping the mechanism plate closed. The replacement work can be performed very easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine with a front frame and a mechanism plate opened.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine in a state where a mechanism plate is opened and a winning ball collecting cover is removed from a back surface of the gaming board.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine in a state in which a mechanism plate is closed and a cover member of a winning ball collecting cover is removed.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional side view of a main part showing a mounting state of the relay circuit board.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state where a cover member is removed from a winning ball collecting cover.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 12 game board 13 guide rail 16 variable display device 18 variable starting port 19 variable winning device 29 cover body 30 winning ball collecting cover 33 box-shaped cover portion 34 opening 35 lid member 39 mechanism plate 42 ball tank 45 premium ball payout device 53 opening window 56 Relay circuit board

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A variable display device is disposed substantially at the center of a game area surrounded by guide rails of a game board. A cover body protecting a rear portion of the variable display device is provided on a back surface of the game board. A relay circuit board for relaying wiring drawn from various electric operating devices provided; a prize ball collecting cover for flowing down a prize ball which has won a prize hole provided on a surface of a game board; and a prize ball collective cover A pachinko game machine having an opening window formed on a surface opposite to the back surface of the pachinko machine, and having a freely openable and closable mechanism plate in which back parts such as a ball tank and a prize ball dispensing device are integrated, wherein the relay circuit board is variably displayed. Attached to the outside of the rear surface of the cover body of the device, the winning ball collection cover is formed integrally with a box-shaped cover portion projecting rearward from the opening window of the mechanism plate and covering the cover body of the variable display device. The Jo cover portion to form an opening for exposing the relay circuit board,
A pachinko game machine, wherein a lid member is provided in the opening portion so as to be detachable or openable.